A lot of people seem to take for granted that the moral teachings of the NT are great, or that the NT serves as a useful guide to modern morality. However, it seems to me that in addition to some of its good teachings, the NT has a great many failings and shortcomings. I'm reposting here for a more general audience & discussion something I just posted deep in an obscure thread on the Philosophy forum:
I've probably left out several important moral failings of the NT in this off-the-top-of-my-head listing. It's worth noting that while the NT can claim great moral teachings like the Golden Rule, that it's known as the Golden Rule precisely because it has been found in all sorts of societies and philosophies and religious teachings throughout history. I don't dispute that the NT has plenty of good moral teachings. But it also has plenty of bad ones. And, also importantly for anyone trying to base their entire morality on the NT: There are a vast number of moral topics that the NT simply doesn't touch on at all, or on which the NT references only very obscurely and unclearly.
Originally posted by Starlight
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